[to Otto] These next few months will be the most excruciatingly painful time of your sick and miserable life.
“Unfinished Business” · Season 1, Episode 15
In this episode: Dean Winchester (940), Damon Salvatore (715), Sam Winchester (665), Olivia Benson (637), Stephen Fry (608), Narrator (554), Clark Kent (523), Nate (486)
[voiceover] There will be days when you're forced to make decisions that affect the lives of everyone you love, choices that will change you forever. You reach an age where you realize that being a man isn't about respect or strength, it's about being aware of all the things you touch. Children face inward, wallow in their own selfish needs. Men face out, take action on the needs of others. I'm at that place boys. I'm staring one of those decisions in the face and it looks back at me with historical eyes and it calls me a coward, a killer, a fraud. It wants me to crack and run from the service of my fate like a broken boy. Today, I will not do that. Today, I will be the man my father tried to be. I will make you proud.
This is on you, boy. The Sons are gonna feel this on both continents.
How's the ass?
How's it look?
Like a snack.
[Staring down the barrel of a gun] You stupid cracker bitch.YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS TO WHOEVER KILLS ME? RIGHT?!
I'm counting on it.
I feel like my life has taken a turn. I'm heading down a road I've never been on before. Nothing is familiar. The signs don't make sense. Do I get off the road, or do I keep riding? The people that I see aren't the people i know. Do I go alone or take others with me? Who do I trust and who do I not? I now understand why being a leader requires isolation. I have to remove myself from those whose lives were affected by my decisions. Those I love as well as those I hate. It's getting more and more difficult to be a brother when my decisions are the ones a father has to make. I now realize that every time I make a decision effects everyone around me. By the time you're old enough to make sense of this life, to make sense of me, you'll know everything. the things I'm proud of and the things I regret-- and then you'll be faced with your own decisions. And just know that the decisions that you make effect everyone and everything. It has taken me along time to realize that, and I wish I would have sooner. And as much as I want to help you, tell you what to do. I can't. Those choices will be yours, and yours alone. The only advice I can give you, sons, is to examine who you are as people and what you choose as your path in your life. Figure out what's important to you. Know yourselves...Know what's in your heart...and know whats right. Don't be swayed by fear or history or the opinions of outsiders. Find your own truth. It will lead you to the things you love.
Sorry to keep you waiting, mama.
That's okay, baby. I sucked some cock, made a few bucks.
Good. You're buying lunch.
How you doing, Clay? Lee Toric, US Marshal. Retired. You mind if I sit?
Retired? Ain't you fishing in the wrong hole?
We both should be fishing. But here we are. I know you didn't kill Damon Pope. A man with your skill and experience wouldn't be so careless as to toss a weapon with prints a few hundred yards from a murder scene. My guess? Jax Teller took out Pope. From what I hear, he blames Pope for the death of his friend in the catacombs here. But then he pins the murder on you. Why? Maybe you just didn't love him enough as a kid. Hmm? Outlaws turning on outlaws is nothing new. But an old lady turning on her old man that's a serious breach of MC protocol. What happened there?
Maybe I just didn't love her enough.
As the proud owner of three ex-wives, that unfortunately makes sense.
Let me guess. You're the guy I can thank for this private suite here.
Yes, I am.
Mm-hmm. So, just how does a sidelined fed get that kind of juice with County?
I've earned a few favors with ATF. You're welcome. But my privileges are winding down, and I'm afraid it's checkout time, Clay. Next shift change puts you back in gen pop. You know what happens then.
Black pope takes white pawn?
Mm-hmm.
What do you want?
SAMCRO.
Who you working for, man?
No one. Otto Delaney ripped open my sister's throat to beat RICO for Jax and your club. This isn't about a case or my career. This is very personal. If you want to live, let the guard know before the next shift.
What are you doing here?
Looking for you. I heard about what happened to Tara.
Yeah, guess that puts a little wrench in your guardian plans.
Tara put together a will that named you as guardian to those boys.
I didn't ask her to do that. Doesn't matter now.
Well, I guess not. Look, Gemma, I'm done fighting. The shit that went down last week? Almost cost me three years of sobriety. I can't do it. Abel's with his dad. If I try to change that, either I'm gonna get killed or he's gonna get hurt. Just keep him safe.
How are your accommodations?
Confined.
I'm sorry. I wanted to give you a few days to adjust before we spoke.
This was you? How?
I focused the Department of Justice on the facts. Pointed out your marital connection to the club. The RICO case. The documents you forged to access Otto. Did you think they wouldn't find those? Hmm?
I only did that so I could talk to him.
You are aware these rooms are being monitored. You just acknowledged committing a felony.
You're right, I should wait for my lawyer.
I hope she tells you the truth. Because it's not looking very hopeful. You probably won't have to do serious time, but they'll they'll want to make an example out of you. Probably hit you with at least five to seven.
And I guess you're here to tell me how you can help?
I have no desire to help you. I want to use you. You need to give up your husband.
Jax had nothing to do with your sister's death. And he would never have ordered a member to kill a woman.
Because he's so noble.
Otto killed your sister with that cross to hurt Jax, not help him.
I can offer WITSEC. For you and your boys. Anywhere you want. I know it's not how you wanted to do it, but the end result is the same.
And how do I tell my sons I'm the one who turned on their father?
I don't know. But at least you'll be alive to do it. And so will they. Your protection is a favor of the marshals' office. Once the DA starts spinning the case, my contacts won't want to step on local toes. Means you got about two weeks to decide.
I don't need two weeks. I'm not guilty and I'm not a rat.
Fair enough. You take care of yourself, Doctor.
You're not getting out of guns, son. The cause needs you. Greater good.
You know why my old man wanted out?
Don't know. Don't care. Lifetime ago.
Yeah, it was. But nothing's changed. JT realized there's nothing more dangerous than a gangster who thinks he's got God in his pocket. The cause may have been the greater good at one point, but for guys like you, Jimmy O, it's just killing people with Catholic bullets to line your own pockets.
Galen and Clay go back more than 20 years. They've done deals off the books, shit that neither of our organizations know about. They got secrets to protect.
Our deal with Clay will be locked down by the end of the day. Our history with the Sons of Anarchy has come to an end.
I want to say thank you for making the ride. It means a lot to me to have a full table. I'm certain you have questions and doubts. That's what this meeting is for. I know every charter is independent. You run them as you want. But I also know, the things we do in Redwood, especially here in the Northwest, impact your local relationships and affect the way you earn. Some of you knew my old man. Some just knew his legacy. It's no secret that he was conflicted at the end. Questioned every decision he'd ever made. About the club. About his family. That fear, that doubt... it ruined him. Made him vulnerable. I'm here to tell you that I'm not following that path. The choices that I make are not because I'm afraid, or because I have any doubts about this club. I watched my best friend get his head caved in to protect what we have here. We've all watched brothers die in the service of this club. There's two things you can do when that happens. You can run from the pain, bail. Or you can allow it to burn into your heart... to leave its mark. A constant reminder of the love that brought us all here. Sons of Anarchy-- it's at a crossroads. Our clubhouse blowing up last night-- that's a sign of the times. The end result of a bloody relationship with the IRA. It'd be easy for me to sit here and blame our mistakes on my predecessor, but that won't solve shit. We don't need blame. What we need, boys, is change. I want us out of guns. The RICO heat, the competition, the Irish blowback. It's just not practical. Between the lawyers and repairing the damage, we barely earn a profit. I'm gonna move Redwood into more legitimate enterprises. Diosa-- it's doing great. We're earning real money. We're gonna open another house in Stockton. We're going to reboot Caracara. Just found a warehouse down by the docks. So, I guess it's fair to say that SAMCRO's future is in pussy, not bullets. [scattered chuckles] We struck a deal with the Irish. One that keeps the peace. But that transition means we all take a hit. Now, I know everyone here has had a taste of the gun business, whether it's in protection, storage or distribution. It's gonna sting at first, letting go of that cash. But if we don't...I'm telling you... this club won't have a future. We've had 20 members killed in the last two years. All of those deaths tied to the gun business. Outside of guns, how you earn is up to you. But, if you would like, my charter will do everything it can to help you move in a legitimate direction. A direction that keeps us out of jail, that keeps us whole and that keeps us alive.
You're lucky you're pregnant.
[Tara screams, hitting her stomach on the corner of her desk; faking a miscarriage]
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